Two Lexington shootings leave a 19-year-old dead, one man with life-threatening injuries

On the same night a man suffered life-threatening injuries from a shotgun blast, a teen was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a vehicle on a Lexington street and later died.

The Fayette County coroner’s office identified the deceased Wednesday morning as Abed Kadah, 19, of Corona, Calif. The office said Kadah was pronounced dead at University of Kentucky Chandler Center at 7:44 p.m. Monday and that an autopsy is pending.

Shortly before 7 p.m. Monday, officers were dispatched to the 3500 block of Laredo Drive near Kirklevington Park for reports of a subject down inside a vehicle, said Lexington police Lt. Chris Van Brackel.

Police found an adult male in his late teens with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, according to Van Brackel.

A witness said they saw a person flee from the vehicle wearing all black, police said.

Police said Tuesday morning that the suspect has not been found.

Lexington police asked that anyone with information about the case call them at (859) 258-3600.

Anonymous tips, including photos and videos, can be submitted by texting LEXPD plus the tip to CRIMES (274637). Information can also be sent anonymously through Bluegrass Crime Stoppers at (859) 253-2020 or www.bluegrasscrimestoppers.com.

The man who allegedly fired the shotgun in the first incident, Dillard Hoskins, has been charged.

That shooting occurred around 4:18 p.m. Monday inside a home on the 1800 block of Chatsworth Drive near Kenawood Park, according to Van Brackel. A man in his 60s was found with a shotgun wound to the abdomen, police said.

Hoskins, 64, was interviewed by detectives and eventually charged with first-degree assault. He has been placed in the Fayette County Detention Center and is scheduled to be arraigned at 1 p.m. Tuesday.

This story was originally published November 26, 2019 at 8:20 AM.